The Cash Box , Music Page 51 December 21 , 1957 Country Round Up

Beginning in January, according to an official announcement from the on his Sat. “Country America”, KABC-TV-Hollywood, Calif., show for the office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, The “Red Foley show” next 13 weeks. ***** will be broadcast weekly on the world-wide Armed Forces Radio Network, Ken Parsons, KPBA-Little Rock, Ark. sends along word that Maxine reaching every troops are stationed. In the overseas base where American Brown, of Victor’s Brown trio, is on the way toward a full recovery after her the Co. is heard during U.S., Dow Chemical program recent illness. The group’s newest Victor release, out this week, is tagged the noon hour each Saturday on NBC'. Foley, to- “True Love Goes Far Beyond” and “The Man In The Moon”. gether with regulars from both his ABC Television * * * * * 4 major personal and NBC Radio shows, is set for Donn Reynolds writes that his MGM waxing, “Rose appearance engagements in Feb., headlining in Omaha Of Ole Pawnee” and “All Alone”, was released last Waterloo, Iowa, in Madison, Wise, and St. and and week in England. This joins his previous HMV Louis Mo. * * * * * slicing, “Hasta Luego” and “Lorelei”. Donn recently The Porter Wagoner Trio guested last Sat., Dec. appeared on “Buddy Deane’s Bandstand”, WJZ-TV- 14th, on the “Country Music Jubilee”. . . . Red Foley Baltimore, Roy Lamont’s show on WRVA-TV-Rich- is transcribing a series of radio spot announcements mond, and Milton Grant’s Show on WTTG-TV-Wash- in support of the 1958 March of Dimes. . . . Red’s ington, D. C. His current MGM is labeled “Bella secretary for the past 3 years, Louise Coe, recently Belinda” and “Blue Eyes In The Rain”. married John Sharp of Springfield. “Jubilee” Producer- ***** Director, Bryan Bisney and family have returned The December personal appearance schedule of from their 3-week visit with relatives and friends Victor’s Blackwood Bros, takes in Ala., Ind., Tenn. in Toronto. . . . KWTO, Springfield, Mo.’s nightly and Washington, D. C. “Hillbilly Heaven” show is now manned by announcer ***** Jim Allwood. . . „ Venerable Texas tunesmith, Floyd Tillman, was a recent Carlos Minor pens that his tune, “I Never Cared visitor at “The Crossroads of Country Music”. For Candy” by Lucky Boggs on the Buddy label, has * * * * * been receiving loads of plays on Bob Carpenter’s Bev Monroe pens that he’s moved from CKDM-Dauphin to CHAB-Moose “Hillbilly Hit Parade”, WHFC-Chicago, 111., as well Jaw, Sask., Can. and guarantees the spins to all c&w artists who send him as catching on in the Mo. and Ark. areas. Flipside their wax to CHAB. ***** of the disk, which Carlos and Lucky also co-cleffed, Jimmy Simpson, “The Olifield Boy”, KBYR-Anchorage, Alaska, writes is tabbed, “You Can’t Stop Her”. that ‘true country’ music is going over big with the folks in the Arctic Circle ***** area. Jimmy features different artists on his 11:30 to Midnight, Sat. showr The Miller Bros., having just finished a 3-week trek west, are getting a and all the rest of the programs are in the request category. breather before they start taping their January radio shows for KWFT- * * * * * Wichita Falls, Texas. The Millers’ shows have been sponsored by the same D. C. Mullins, “The Ole Pipe Smoker”, types that he’s built his WGEE- Automobile dealer for over four years. Indianapolis, Ind. “Country Classics” show into that city’s number 1 c&w ***** program and would like all the wax companies to send him new releases The Randy Blake show which featured country music from 7:30 to 9:00 with dupes to use for hops. P. M. over WLW-Cincinnati, is no longer heard on that station. The show * * * * * was transcribed by the popular disk jockey of “Supper Time Frolics”, WJJD- KBYE-Oklahoma City’s Program Director, Glenn Chicago. Valentine and deejays, “Big John” and “Cousin’ _A1 Runyon has just recorded Ray Baker’s song “Day Before The Night I Nellie” recently came up with a stunt to impress Cried” for Starday. Lillian Munz, president of the Jimmie Skinner Fan Club, on the listeners that KBYE spotlites c&w music and Asst. Manager of Skinner’s Record Shop, was hospitalized due to influenza exclusively. The crew decided to play Tom Glazer’s on her way home from WSM’s country festival. She Coral slicing of “Country & Western” over and over, is in the Sampson Community Hospital in Glasgow, in fact they repeated it about 190 times one day. Ky. Get well quick, Lillian! Launa Gunter has just They also played it at 3 different speeds, 2 disks at waxed, for Excellent records, “Torn Page”, a song slightly staggered. on-the-air a time and 2 And an written by Aunt Emmie and Lillian. . . . The two new chat was arranged with Glazer. DJ’s carrying on the Country chores at WCKY are Arland ***** Vaden and Wayne Raynie. . . . Looks like KWEM-Memphis, Tenn.’s Eddie Bond has added Victor’s Skeeter Davis has a hit on her hands with a new show to his schedule. Bond, along with his her “Lost To A Geisha Girl”. Skeeter was formerly Stompers’ Band, now has a live program, heard Mon. part of Victor’s Davis Sisters team. Billy Hayes real BEV MONROE thru Fri., 4:00 to 4:30 P.M. and on Sat. live for one happy to learn that Elvis’ Christmas LP contains of the sponsors. His fan club is headed by Barbara his Choice Music etching, “Blue Christmas”. McCool, 117 Alexander St., Memphis, Tenn. and his latest Mercury-Starday ***** pressing is tagged, “Love, Love, Love” and “Backslidin’ ”. The Acuff-Rose staff reminds the jocks that since the Everly Bros. “Little Susie” is wide awake, they Deejay, “Fiddlin’ Curley Smith” has left the KRLA-Little Rock, Ark. should turn it over and play the beautiful, “Maybe mikes and is now spinning the c&w disks over the WTCR-Ashland, Ky. BILL MONROE Tomorrow”, a tune penned by Don & Phil Everly. aii-waves. He’d appreciate it if the artists, promotion men and diskeries would ***** addressed to the new station. Thurston Moore, who runs the “Verona send him the waxings , Lake Ranch”, Verona, Ky. notes _ * * 5*C * * that the deejays are all ready to sell his 1958 edition of the “Hillbilly And Another jock to switch mikes recently is “Cousin’ ” Ralph Daily who is Western Scrapbook”. now with KJ OY-Stockton, Calif. He’s still on the air at the same time, 5:00 A.M., 6:00 P.M. and 11:00 P.M., Mon. thru Sat. and Sun. at 9:00 A.M. doing about 25 hours a week. Daily sez he’s the only full time staff, c&w deejay in town and asks for everyone concerned to send him the latest c&w biscuits The Country Records care of KJOY. ***** Bud Moore, president of the American Folk Musi- cians Association, wants those interested in joining Disk Jockeys the new musical union to write to him at 20 High St. Clearfield, Pa. Moore and his Hillsdale Hillbillies will now be a Played Most featured act on XEDM-Nogales, Ariz. Appearing from time to time will be Cowboy Howard Vokes, plus A SUMMARY OF REPORTS many other country music artists. “A Babe A Star RECEIVED FROM THE NATION'S DISK JOCKEYS A Manger” written by Vokes and recorded by Denver Duke & Jeffery Null is getting off to a fast Christ- 1. WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE mas start according to Sam Short, Jr., Blue Hen Everly Brothers (Cadence) 2. MY SPECIAL ANGEL Bobby Helms (Decca) 3. STORY OF MY LIFE Marty Robbins (Columbia) Pierce played for an annual event at the Webb 4. HOLIDAY FOR LOVE Livestock Coliseum in Montgomery, Ala. on Satur- Webb Pierce (Decca) 5. WHY WHY day, December 7th. Following this Pierce journeyed Carl Smith (Columbia) 6. MY SHOES KEEP WALKING JIMMY SIMPSON to the West Coast for personal appearances at Porters- BACK TO YOU Ray Price (Columbia) ville, Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif., W. E. Moeller, 7. HOME OF THE BLUES Johnny Cash (Sun) Webb’s manager, is making plans with Universal International to feature 8. JAILHOUSE ROCK Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) Pierce in a short-subject film following the personal appearances in California. 9. I HEARD THE BLUEBIRDS SING Browns (RCA Victor) 10. GEISHA GIRL Bill Monroe just finished a week’s engagement at Raye Perkins’ Flame Hank Locklin (RCA Victor) the Louvin Brothers, Theatre Cafe in Minneapolis, Minn. Following who are if. ain in a MAKit. iz. Mibtb bWEETER THAN WINE. 13. I FOUND MY GIRL IN currently appearing there, “Lucky” Moeller has an extensive list of talent set THE U. S. A. 14. GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE. 15. FRAULEIN. 16. GREAT BALLS OF for future dates. FIRE. 17. TANGLED MIND. ***** 18. SQUID JIGGIN' GROUND. 19. TEARS ARE ONLY RAIN. 20. Fred Stryker, whose Fairway Music Corp.’s “Fraulein” was voted the top EVERYWHERE YOU GO. 21. PLEASE PASS THE BISCUITS. 22. DON'T DO IT DARLIN'. 23. country disk of the year in The Cash Box Juke Box Operators’ ’57 Poll, sends ACT LIKE A MARRIED MAN. 24. HONEYCOMB. 25. UH-HUH-MM. 26. along his most sincere thanks to all the people who made the honor possible. DEEP BLUE SEA. 27. LOST TO A GEISHA GIRL. 28. ROCK-A- CHICA. Other tunes, that Stryker’s pubbery is currently working on is Faron Young’s 29. UNFAITHFUL. 30. IS IT WRONG; (I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR) FRAULEIN- LOVE BUG CRAWL; Capitol etching of “Snowball”, Lawton Williams’ Victor pressing, “Foreign TREAT ME NICE; I CLOSE MY EYES; LIGHTS IN THE STREET- Love” and “Geisha Girl,” cut by Hank Locklin on Victor, Ernest Tubb on Decca RAUNCHY; AIN'T I'M A DOG; BYE BYE LOVE; 'TIS SWEET TO BE REMEMBERED- and Steve Lawrence on Coral for the pop mart. TWO SHADOWS ON YOUR WINDOW; BLUE KIMONA; BLUE CHRISTMAS- MY ***** TREASURE; TALL, TALL TREES. Vocalist Ginny Jackson has signed with producer Nat Nigberg to appear